The Hangover Part II had to go even wilder than Las Vegas, so they went to Bangkok. This time the wolf pack wakes up and doesn’t even know how they got there from a Thailand resort. Shooting on the streets of Bangkok was chaotic too, but director Todd Philips said that was a good thing.=
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Even filming a whole movie there, Philips hasn’t gotten Thailand out of his system. “For me, Bangkok is just one of the most beautiful cities,” Philips said. “That’s where you have to go. Bangkok’s a very cosmopolitan city. In our movie, we shot a lot in the Chinatown district of Bangkok. We really took a liking to the look and the feel of that area but Bangkok as a city is just a beautiful, unbelievable, like I said cosmopolitan city. I was there for about three months and still felt like I could’ve stayed longer, just more to see. Thailand in general is beautiful.”
The Pheu Thai Party and their candidate for prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, are the favourites in Bangkok right now, according to the latest poll – but half the city’s residents have yet to decide one way or another.
Bangkok Poll surveyed 1,178 respondents in the capital from May 20 to 22.
Pheu Thai Party’s candidate for the prime ministership Yingluck Shinawatra
Pheu Thai scored the best in the party-list popularity stakes with 25.8 per cent approval, followed by the Democrat Party with 14.7 per cent and Rak Prathet Thai of former massage parlour tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit trailing at 2.0 per cent.
But just over half of the respondents (52 per cent) said they had yet to make up their mind.Pheu Thai also had the biggest outright support for candidates running for election in the single-seat constituencies, with 26.3 per cent, followed by the Democrats (15.2 per cent) and Rak Prathet Thai (1.7 per cent). But again, 51.9 per cent were undecided.Asked who they would like to see as the next prime minister, 26.9 per cent of them said deposed prime …
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Our destination was Thailand’s “City of Lights,” Bangkok. My eldest sister was based there temporarily for work, giving the family a free place to stay (which was able to cut down a huge chunk of the trip’s costs). We stayed in her flat along Langsuan Road, which is a few “walk-able” blocks away from the city’s commercial district. I guess it was somewhat center of the city since we had easy access to the different sights Bangkok had to offer. There was Lumpini Park, which was around 500 meters away, Pat Pong (the “red light” district) a few blocks away, and the different malls in Bangkok were also walking distance from where we stayed.
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Julio Silvestre is on his last year as a communication research student at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He is fond of basketball, sweets, Mila Kunis and all kinds of music “as long as it doesn’t annoy him.” He has never been out of Asia, and Bangkok was the first Southeast Asian country he has gone to.
Dina Kennedy, a volunteer with the local Salvation Army, recently returned from three weeks in Bangkok, Thailand where she helped rescue women and girls in the sex trade.
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Dina Kennedy has a passion that is probably unlike many others held by Canadians.
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She recently returned from a three-week trip in Bangkok, Thailand where she volunteered at a home for women and girls who had been rescued after being sold or trafficked in the sex trade in that country.
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When Kennedy first arrived there were 10 women (some in their teens) who had been rescued from the confines bars, brothels and strip clubs that litter the capital. That number had grown to 14 by the time she left. Bangkok is a well-known location for sex tourists from primarily Europe and North America.
Bangkok Scandalous
By Jeffrey Barbieri
Published: Monday, April 25, 2011 Updated: Monday, April 25, 2011
Shock and awe! Be appalled, America, for it appears that some young girls were recently seen dancing topless in public! Wait, you mean that’s not a big deal? Yes, I’ve heard of Mardi Gras.
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Now, this may seem highly hypocritical for the Thai government to do, and that’s because it is. Bangkok – which just so happened to be the same city where this “national outrage” occurred – is considered to be a sex capital of the world, with prostitution running rampant throughout the city.
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Of course I was referring to this Songkran water festival and the city of Bangkok, but I just as easily could have been talking about Mardi Gras and the city of Las Vegas, respectively.
Bangkok Scandalous
Published: Monday, April 25, 2011
Updated: Monday, April 25, 2011 21:04
Shock and awe! Be appalled, America, for it appears that some young girls were recently seen dancing topless in public! Wait, you mean that’s not a big deal? Yes, I’ve heard of Mardi Gras.
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Now, this may seem highly hypocritical for the Thai government to do, and that’s because it is. Bangkok – which just so happened to be the same city where this “national outrage” occurred – is considered to be a sex capital of the world, with prostitution running rampant throughout the city.
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Of course I was referring to this Songkran water festival and the city of Bangkok, but I just as easily could have been talking about Mardi Gras and the city of Las Vegas, respectively.
… Bangkok Noir” has become something of a buzzword in recent months, although more cynical minds might deduce that it’s little more than an attempt to spin the work of local crime writers such as Christopher G. Moore and John Burdett into an authentic genre, bracketing their books with the likes of James Ellroy or even Raymond Chandler and hoping a little of the critical credibility rubs off.
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The closest comparison is with Philip Cornwel-Smith’s warm and wacky “Very Thai: Everyday Popular Culture,” to which it acts as a sort of grim, evil twin. Coles illuminates images from the bleaker, seedier side of Bangkok life, but ultimately it’s up to you, the reader, to do the work and create a story.
“Navigating the Bangkok Noir” is published by Marshall Cavendish, Singapore and is also available on Amazon. For more on Chris Coles, visit his website: www.chriscolesgallery.com.
Tim Footman has written for The Guardian, Mojo, Prospect, Thailand Tatler and the Bangkok Post. He is the author of “The Noughties 2000-2009: A Decade that Changed the World.”
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Bangkok’s balancing act
A monk in bright orange robes whips out a cellphone and begins texting, while across the street a woman dressed in a burqa swiftly passes the entrance to a strip club. Welcome to Bangkok.
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Located on the Chao Phraya River, The Peninsula might appear the epitome of Western luxury, but Kunchalee reveals the Thai influence that seeps into any foreign endeavour in Bangkok. Here, in the bustling business hub of the city, you can take Thai cooking classes, learn the patient Thai art of fruit carving or take a course on the history of Thai massage.
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If you want to combine old Bangkok charm with new Bangkok luxury, check into The Peninsula, www.peninsula.com. If you are on a tighter budget, check out the Sukhumvit area for conveniently located hotels and try to stay near a sky train station.
Bangkok’s balancing act
A monk in bright orange robes whips out a cellphone and begins texting, while across the street a woman dressed in a burqa swiftly passes the entrance to a strip club. Welcome to Bangkok.
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Located on the Chao Phraya River, The Peninsula might appear the epitome of Western luxury, but Kunchalee reveals the Thai influence that seeps into any foreign endeavour in Bangkok. Here, in the bustling business hub of the city, you can take Thai cooking classes, learn the patient Thai art of fruit carving or take a course on the history of Thai massage.
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If you want to combine old Bangkok charm with new Bangkok luxury, check into The Peninsula, www.peninsula.com. If you are on a tighter budget, check out the Sukhumvit area for conveniently located hotels and try to stay near a sky train station.
Bangkok’s balancing act
A monk in bright orange robes whips out a cellphone and begins texting, while across the street a woman dressed in a burqa swiftly passes the entrance to a strip club. Welcome to Bangkok.
…
Located on the Chao Phraya River, The Peninsula might appear the epitome of Western luxury, but Kunchalee reveals the Thai influence that seeps into any foreign endeavour in Bangkok. Here, in the bustling business hub of the city, you can take Thai cooking classes, learn the patient Thai art of fruit carving or take a course on the history of Thai massage.
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If you want to combine old Bangkok charm with new Bangkok luxury, check into The Peninsula, www.peninsula.com. If you are on a tighter budget, check out the Sukhumvit area for conveniently located hotels and try to stay near a sky train station.